SIS Department Core Course Learning Outcomes
(modified 3 January 2007)
Area B:
STS 2400 Science, Technology, and Society:
Students will be able to:
1. Identify and evaluate competing views and the information supporting them.
2. Formulate their own opinions on complex issues and to communicate their views clearly in both written and oral formats, and support their position with relevant evidence.
3. Recognize the ways in which science and technology have been shaped by, and have helped to shape, society and culture.
4. Apply STS concepts to the scientific disciplines and technologies relevant to their majors.
5. Participate effectively in multidisciplinary groups.
Additional Learning Outcome for Honors Sections:
6. Apply what they have learned in the course to create an informational presentation for an audience outside the class membership.
Area C:
Language 1001, 1002:
Students will be able to:
1. Speak [Language] at the level detailed in the University System of Georgia (USG) standards.
2. Understand spoken [Language] at the level detailed in the USG standards.
3. Comprehend written [Language] at the level detailed in the USG standards.
4. Construct passages of written [Language] at the levels detailed in the USG standards.
Area E1 American Context: Graduates will have a greater understanding of how American society, politics, and both foreign and domestic policies evolved, during a specified time frame by looking at selected people, events, ideas and trends.
HIST 2111 / HIST 2112 United States History I and II:
Students will be able to:
1. Identify historical issues and explain the way those issues are interpreted.
2. Classify and discuss historical data and come to informed conclusions about that data.
3. Cite knowledge of the American past and understand how it relates to the present.
4. Describe the cultural values of the U.S. and the role of minority views in reshaping those values.
POLS 1101: American Government
Students will be able to:
1. Define democracy and note variations in democratic systems such as direct democracy and pluralist, elitist and participatory theories of democracy.
2. Illustrate the basic organization of the system as laid out in the U.S. Constitution.
3. Describe the powers allocated to each branch, explaining the founders' belief in the necessity of a system of checks and balances and separation of powers.
4. Explain the important civil liberties and rights granted to all citizens.
5. Describe the influence of the media, money, and interest groups on politics.
HIST 2911: US Constitution and Georgia History
Students will be able to:
1. Discuss the articles of the Constitution and the amendments, including the Bill of Rights and the "Civil War" amendments.
2. Identify the powers of the branches of government.
3. Discuss the expansion of voting rights.
4. Identify significant events in the history of Georgia.
Area E2 World History: Graduates will have a greater understanding of the past, an understanding of the factors which influence civilization's development, and an understanding of how ideas, institutions, and societies developed as they did up through present times.
HIST 1111 Survey of World Civilization pre-1500:
Students will be able to:
1. Identify the main materials and sources that historians use to construct the histories of past civilizations.
2. Recognize the central beliefs of the world's major religions.
3. Explain internal and external factors that influence the development of civilization.
4. Explain how technological change influenced the development of civilization.
5. Describe how the great civilizations of the past continue to influence human society.
HIST 1112 - Survey of World Civilization post-1500:
Students will be able to:
1. Discuss the impact of global contact on human population.
2. Define the ideologies and technological developments that have had the greatest impact on human societies since 1500.
3. Identify the most important themes in world historical development over the past five hundred years.
4. Describe the effects of the rise of the West on non-Western societies, and on the West itself.
Area E3 Behavioral Sciences: Graduates will have the ability to articulate the complexity of human behavior as functions of the commonality and diversity within groups and as an individual.
PSYC 1101 Introduction to General Psychology:
Students will be able to
1. Describe the basic theories, principles, and concepts of psychology as they relate to behaviors and mental processes.
2. Apply psychological theories, principles, and concepts to everyday life, including industry and organizations.
3. Make sense of their environment as it relates to their mental and behavioral functioning.
4. Compare and contrast materials from, and information about, other cultures.
SOCI 1001 Introduction to Sociology:
Students will be able to:
1. Identify and compary primary sociological theories.
2. Explain social stratification based on economic, ethnic, gender, and other societal distinctions.
3. Apply the sociological approach to their own life experience and relationship to their own social structure.
Area E4 Cultures & Societies: Graduates will understand the historical, cultural, political, social, an economic issues (both domestically and globally) which have shaped societies and evolving roles of the individual in society.
ANTH 1102 Introduction to Anthropology:
Students will be able to
1. Demonstrate an ability to describe the basic terms and concepts of anthropology.
2. Recognize basic elements of cultural diversity.
3. Outline and explain, using anthropological terms, the basic characteristics of a chosen people group.
ES 1100 Ethnic Studies:
Students will be able to:
1. Understand the historical, cultural, political, social, and economic issues that have shaped societies and the evolving roles of the individual in society.
2. Relate current events to topics, themes, and issues discussed in this class.
3. Demonstrate an awareness of multiple cultural, religious, social, artistic, literary, and political traditions.
4. Understand ways in which race and ethnicity affect human behavior and public policy.
GEOG 1101 Introduction to Human Geography:
Students will be able to:
1. Use maps to enhance geographical understanding.
2. Describe the interaction between the physical environment and human cultures.
3. Describe the distributions of man and his institutions (economic, political, cultural) over the earth.
4. Understand the concept of human interaction in geographic models.
POLS 2400 Global Issues:
Students will be able to:
1. Identify and describe some major political, economic, social and environmental issues confronting the global community.
2. Evaluate major threats to peace and stability in the world today, and be able to discuss the underlying reasons for a lack of resolution.
3. Understand the role of power and military force in global affairs and limitations to the use of force.
4. Evaluate the demographic, economic, and ethno-national dimensions to issues of development.
RELG 1200 World Religions:
Students will be able to:
1. Understand the relationship between religion and everyday life.
2. Identify the basic themes, beliefs, and practices of major world religions.
3. Conduct fundamental theological research.
4. Understand spiritual, social, and political significances of religion both historically and in contemporary society.